050416 - WotD: feckless

feckless

I've seen this word three times in the last week: on a mailing list, in the Economist, and in the current issue of Real Simple.

"But I am completely over feeling guilty about the spoils of my feckless career as an impulse buyer -- the clothes that have hung in my closet for five years with the price tags still on them, the gadgets and home-decor items piled up in te garage.

From dictionary.com:

1. Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
2. Careless and irresponsible.
3. not fit to assume responsibility
4. generally incompetent and ineffectual